Analysis of:
Banks' Dim 4Q Results Roll in Next Week (biz.yahoo.com)
Implications: 1.Empoyee layoffs are a casuality. 2.Raising Capital is of a critical importance. 3.Writedowns of multi-billion portfolios is a direct causation. 4.Dividend cuts will provide a worst-case situation for the individual investor. 5.Loan-loss reserves must be enhanced to brace for a major...
Analysis of:
Private-Equity Firms Eye CICC Stake (online.wsj.com)
Implications: 1.Access to foreign financial markets may be limited. 2.Private-equity funds are drawing wealth from international joint ventures. 3.The salient issue at hand is that of "control". 4.There is a critical interest - the maintenance of status for foreign joint interests. 5.Morgan Stanley...
Analysis of:
Countrywide rescue: $4 billion (money.cnn.com)
Implications: 1.Milestone in the unfolding International Financial Crisis. 2.Dangerous Spirral: a weakening economy and rising mortgage delinquencies survive on eachother. 3.Reduced spending and increased delinquencies by the average consumer has risen. 4.Failure of Countrywide would pose a major risk...
Analysis of:
Morgan Stanley to Shed CICC Stake (online.wsj.com)
Inplications: 1.Morgan Stanley's venture provides dividends but, not the appropriate access to China's business ventures. 2.International Regulators are withholding access to joint-venture investments - a detriment. 3.Cash is the driver to boost capital investment. 4.Foreign investor's seek status...
Analysis of:
Blackstone PHH Takeover Stalls (www.bankingtimes.co.uk)
Implications: 1.The inability to raise funds indicates a loos od "Good Faith" by Financial Institutions. 2. The sub-prime mortgage debacle has a spill-over affect on consumer lending criteria. 3.Cancellation of a pre-arranged lending arrangement has enhanced the damage created by the fall-out...
Analysis of:
2008 to see Islamic banking to rise by 20% (www.bankingtimes.co.uk)
Implications: 1.Growth rates of International Banking indicate massive expansion. 2.This matter will , clearly, identify Globalization of the Financial Services Industry. 3.Islamic Banking Institutions are in a exceptionally STRONG position to sustain the long-term. 4.A primary factor that acts...
Analysis of:
Credit squeeze set to hit big US banks (news.theage.com.au)
Implications: 1.All growth estimates will have to be revised for the year 2008. 2.The fourth quarter forcasted estimates will have drastic implications - well into the year 2008. 3.Break-even analysis of write-downs may be obsolete and extensive. 4.Loss per share and profit per share will have a dramatic...
Analysis of:
Temasek Supports Merrill Despite Sub-Prime Losses (www.bankingtimes.co.uk)
Impications: 1. Sub-prime collapse is a major indicator of less than adequate performance by "management". 2."Expected" further growth by some financial institutions is questionble and , possibly , week. 3.It is , entirely, possible that foreign institutions will have a reasonable managemet exposure...
Analysis of:
P-C Profits Continue To Roll In, Says Best (www.propertyandcasualtyinsurancenews.com)
Implications: 1.Undislosed - Deteriorating Underwriting Results. 2.Growing competition in the Industry is a very real scenerio. 3.The challenge of escaping the sub-prime mortgage crisis is , solely, dependent upon the Insurance carriers Reserves. 4.The concept on continuing profits is undermined...
Analysis of:
Merrill Gains on WSJ Report of Temasek Investment (www.bloomberg.com)
Implications: 1.Additioanal Investment Options may be granted , which may lower the stocks trading price. 2.A Massive write-down of the financial value , as it relates to mortgage-related holdings. 3.Stock's trading price of Merrill Lynch has been lowered by almost 10% - shareholder value will reflect...